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Patrick Chenet - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actor, Director, Writer.
Patrick Chenet is a French actor, screenwriter, director, born in March 1947 in the town of La Garen-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine). His father is an industrial designer, his mother is a housewife. The actor completed the Pierre Corneille High School in Rouen and preparatory courses at the College of Radio Electronics. Despite the fact that a football career awaited him, the artist decided to go to the Rouen Conservatory, then at the age of eighteen, Patrick Chenet entered the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris. In the last place of his studies, he wins first prize for a comedy, staged in 1968.
His debut film was directed by Jacques Rosier in 1974. In the Robinsons from Turtle Island, the artist played along with the well-known Pierre Richard. Quite quickly, films with Patrick Chenet began to bring him awards. So, in 1989, he was awarded the Cesar Prize in the nomination for an excellent male supporting act, played in the film The Reader, together with the actress Miu-Miu and written by Michel Deville. The end of the eighties was full of comedic roles in the hugely popular films of Didier Kaminki: Storks are not what I think they are and Office promotion through the sofa.
Patrick Chenet's change from actor to director was also well received by critics. Created in 2000, Sweet Boy won the Alain Poiret Prize for Best Director at the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Young Filmmakers Festival. In the 2000s, the artist toured extensively with new generation filmmakers such as Philippe Harel, Manuel Poirier and Remy Waterhouse. Stephane Breeze's 2005 film, I'm Not Here to Be Loved, earned Chenet another Cesar nomination for Excellent Performance.
The artist is married to the actress Josiane Stoleru, with whom they have a common daughter. The girl's name is Emily Chenet, she followed in the footsteps of her parents and also became an artist. Besides his daughter, he has two illegitimate sons, Ferdinand and Victor. In September 2008, Patrick Chenet published a book of memoirs about his first son.
Patrick Chenet has brown eyes, naturally dark hair, fair skin and medium lips. The shape of the face is oval, the forehead is high, the hair is straight, soft. Patrick Chenet does not change hair color, preferring natural. The actor has a medium snub nose and a rounded chin. Patrick Chenet sometimes drops his mustache. The actor's height is 186 cm, no tattoos.
